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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Robert Byrd, the oldest member of the U.S. Senate and a fierce opponent of the Iraq war, was taken to a Washington-area hospital for observation on Monday after a caregiver noticed that he was lethargic, a spokesman for the West Virginia Democrat said.

WUFU, China (Reuters) - The largest "quake lake" formed by China's most devastating earthquake in decades is not expected to start draining until Thursday due to a lack of rain, the government said.

MIAMI (Reuters) - The decision to replace the judge in the Guantanamo trial of a young Canadian prisoner was "completely unrelated" to any ruling or actions by that judge, the tribunals' chief judge said on Monday in a rare public statement.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama was on the brink of winning the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, claiming the support of a steady parade of uncommitted delegates and pushing rival Hillary Clinton to the verge of defeat.

RAPID CITY, South Dakota (Reuters) - It's almost over, isn't it? That seems to be all anyone wants to know from Sen. Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, but the only person who truly knows isn't telling.

MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) - The Organization of American States said on Monday it will probe claims by Colombia that Ecuador has cooperated with leftist guerrillas and the United States called on Venezuela to get tough on the rebels.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives, is endorsing Barack Obama for president, his office said on Monday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug gang hit men shot dead a mayor in western Mexico as he drove back from a day out with his family, the latest politician to die in Mexico's drug war, a state attorney general's office said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush condemned violence in Zimbabwe and attempts to intimidate opposition figures as "deplorable" on Monday and said election and human rights monitors should "blanket the country."

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's president said on Monday Israel would soon disappear off the map and that the "satanic power" of the United States faced destruction, in his latest verbal attack on the Islamic Republic's arch-enemies.

PARIS (Reuters) - Seven children were killed when a train collided with a school bus at a level crossing in eastern France on Monday, French authorities said.

MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) - The Organization of American States said on Monday it will investigate claims by Colombia that computer files left by a slain guerrilla chief show that neighboring Ecuador had cooperated with the rebels.

GENEVA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States lost an appeal on Monday in its long-running dispute with Brazil over U.S. subsidies for cotton farmers at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has been secretly detaining terrorism suspects aboard floating "prison ships," a British legal charity charged on Monday, but the Pentagon described the report as inaccurate.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. agency accused by the United States of financial mismanagement in North Korea escaped charges of major wrongdoing in a review made public on Monday, and its chief said this brought closure to the affair.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday called the arrest of two opposition politicians in Zimbabwe "troubling" and said it was part of a pattern of government intimidation before the run-off election.

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian and U.N. hosts of a U.N. crisis summit on rising food prices on Monday left the presidents of Zimbabwe and Iran off the guest list of a ceremonial dinner for the leaders attending the meeting.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush would veto climate change legislation to be considered by the U.S. Senate this week if it passes Congress in its current form, the White House said on Monday.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug gang hitmen shot dead a mayor in western Mexico as he drove back from a day out with his family, the latest politician to die in Mexico's drug war, a state attorney general's office said on Monday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world should launch a divestment campaign against Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions and reduce potential threats to Israel's security, Republican U.S. presidential candidate John McCain said on Monday.